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Superflu Being Brewed in the Lab

Posted by michael on from the 1-6-million-dead-and-pass-to-your-left dept.

Genial Generalist writes "Superflu is being brewed in the lab, an article by Michael Le Page, describes some of the ongoing efforts to genetically modify the different strains of flu, specifically CDC modification of bird flu for the purpose of developing new vaccines."

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  1. Oh NO! Worldwide Outbreak!!! by dukeluke · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wasn't there a movie about this very topic not too long ago?...hmm...I believe it was dubbed Mission Impossible 2.

    Point being, haven't we learned any lessons from the movies?!

    Create super virus - (and hopefully the corresponding vaccine).
    Sell super virus to terrorists - (and act like it got stolen).
    Keep vaccine to sell to public when 'Outbreak' occurs (another good movie).

    I hope someone can understand the devastation that could arise should this truly happen!

    But, if 'Outbreak' does occur or 'Mission Impossible 2' then I'm getting out of the city and heading to the hills!

  2. Good morning, Captain by AtariAmarok · · Score: 4, Funny

    First news item about Cap'n Trips I've seen in a while anyway.

    I'd better start looking for real estate in either Boulder or Las Vegas. Not sure yet.

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  3. Going the wrong way by chamilto0516 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Making a superflu? Did they read the memo wrong? We need something to FIGHT a superflu! Hey guys, your scientist, we expected you pay a bit more attention to the details.

    Yet another post by someone who didn't click-thru to the article

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  4. They don't need a lab... by Lattitude · · Score: 4, Funny

    My kid's daycare has a pretty good batch going at all times...

  5. Re:Bosh by ArmenTanzarian · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's it, you're goin' on the B Ark...

  6. Re:Oh NO! Worldwide Outbreak!!! by the+real+darkskye · · Score: 4, Funny

    Only Tom Cruise can save us?
    We're all doomed!

    Heads for the nearing sporting goods department and sets up home in a nearby supermarket

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  7. Superflu by illuminata · · Score: 5, Funny

    Isn't that a bit superfluous?

    Oh snap, oooooh snap! Score one for the big I!

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  8. shouldn't that be? by caino59 · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Create ubervirus
    2. Create vaccine for said ubervirus
    3. ????
    4. Profit!

    sorry about that...

    1. Re:shouldn't that be? by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 5, Funny

      3. Release ubervirus

  9. Not what you'd want to overhear at a bar... by Howard+Beale · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, would you go out with me if I was the last man alive???

    Yes? Hmmmmmmm....

  10. Re:How about 100 million? 200 million? by Sumocide · · Score: 5, Funny
    I heard on NPR a week or two ago, from an author who wrote about the 1918 pandemic, that in one instance a man boarded a trolley. Before the trolley got to the end of the line, the conductor and several passengers were dead.

    Probably because the trolley crashed, he just failed to mention that. Book sales and all.